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amrita

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am⋅ri⋅ta

  [uhm-ree-tuh]
–noun Hindu Mythology.
1. the beverage of immortality.
2. the immortality conferred by this beverage.
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Also, am⋅ree⋅ta.

Origin:
1800–10; < Skt, equiv. to a- not (see a- 6 ) + mṛta dead (mṛ die + -ta verbid suffix); akin to Gk ámbrotos immortal
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am·ri·ta also am·ree·ta   (ŭm-rē'tə)   
n.  

  1. The ambrosia, prepared by the Hindu gods, that bestows immortality.

  2. The immortality achieved by drinking amrita.


[Sanskrit amṛtam; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
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